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Re:HTML5 audio formats - Firefox should support AAC and IE s... by Turing_Machine on Monday July 18, 2011 @02:57PM (#2777616)
Actually, WAV files can contain compressed content in a wide variety of formats, including MP3. WAV is a container format, not an audio format per se.
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Re:HTML5 audio formats - Firefox should support AAC and IE s... by AshleysBrain on Monday July 18, 2011 @03:05PM (#2777663)
You're right, I meant PCM WAV really. You can put MP3 in a WAV container, but it doesn't change the licensing situation.
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